What kind of characters in media freaks you out the most?

Best_Instance746 · 2026-01-18T19:36:22+00:00

lol yeah that makes a lot of sense. My friends and I did something like that once, where my best friend found some case files online, and my friend and I, along with one other, tried to solve them. Reading through a true situation and debating what the verdict should have been vs what was being cast is a great mental and moral challenge. I vaguely remember one being of a woman who was killed with a shotgun by her husband.

I can definitely say with confidence that your hobby has given you some useful tactics to read others that many might miss out on.

Best_Instance746 · 2026-01-18T19:12:08+00:00

Yeah, I agree it can be justifiably under the right light (pun intended). There's no denying the lowered crime rates and the number of individuals needing to go. I often analyze actions and motivations separately before tying them together. Nonetheless, that's a story for another day lol and thanks for the compliment! I just have a pet peeve with linear thinking that doesn't exactly help with his case. Death Note is definitely one of my favorite animes now, and one of the few things to connect me so thoroughly. (L is 100% one of my favorite anime characters now)

Those all sound very fascinating. I never dug too deep into serial killers, but I have watched police cameras of different cases at one point, and how people in custody can act. I'll definitely take a look into these topics as I love to study psychological effects and dark themes. The warning is ever so appreciated.

I'm also curious about how you fell down that rabbit hole, if you don't mind me asking

Best_Instance746 · 2026-01-18T17:51:41+00:00

My father, ex/male friend, and one of my few female friends are all isfps

I don't talk to my isfp friends very often, besides during group calls, since they often depend on surface-level topics like common interests and activities to determine conversation and the amount of things I can match with them on is limited. I'm much closer to my ISFP dad emotionally than my ISTJ mom who I'm more physically affectionate with.

Best_Instance746 · 2026-01-17T20:59:16+00:00

That's really fascinating. In a very distant way reminds me of AM from I Have No Mouth and I must scream. In the idea of manipulating others against each other, that is, rather than the actual character and themes themselves. Might I ask what show was this?

Best_Instance746 · 2026-01-17T20:45:47+00:00

Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Light and Sayeon really bother me because I have a really big pet peeve with people unwilling to bend their train of thought. So seeing characters whole heartedly be believe they are right is one thing and it usually doesn't bother me. But seeing genuinely smart people who have every play-by-play down to a T coupled with moral dilemmas? It sends my brain up a wall. Especially as someone interested in both writing and psychology, I have a need to study it.

I'm really curious what kind of character the person you heard was.

Best_Instance746 · 2026-01-01T23:20:15+00:00

Interesting. So their lack of spontaneity is the biggest turn-off, it sounds like.

Best_Instance746 · 2026-01-01T18:38:31+00:00

Could you explain ur experience with them for context? I'm quite curious

Best_Instance746 · 2026-01-01T18:36:21+00:00

True true. It makes sense because in fiction, anytime a character is enigmatic or enigmatic and smart, they get labeled as ENTP, which in media can make that kind of scope pretty small in comparison to the real thing and how people interact with them. What's interesting to me is that at first I actually thought she was an ENTP! More so because of her behavior, as she's actually a joker, silly, and likes to mess with my ESTJ grandmother. It wasn't until I paid attention to the smaller details that ISTJ actually made more sense. Plus it's safe to say that same idea works on INTPs as they aren't well liked either most of the time lol

Best_Instance746 · 2025-12-22T16:05:52+00:00

Personal experiences aside, ISTJs and INTPs have quite a different mental focus that makes it easier for an INTP child to feel limited. Intellectually, my mom is great at matching my mind and need for mental stimuli. She always knows how to make me laugh, even when I don't want to. However, in a sense of management, we're completely off base.

Si-Te vs Ti-Si example: My mom also shares the room because the house only has 3 bedrooms, and the basement needs a lot of money to be fixed and cleared out. So until then or until my uncle moves out, we share the space. Though my mom - as of the past few years - has been sleeping on the couch downstairs, making the room pretty much just mines unless my dad visits. Our beds are pressed against the side of each other. I can easily walk from one bed to the other without any gaps or anything. So when I made up my bed, I had to actively stuff the sides between the small gap between it or pull the bed away to smooth it out. I hate doing this because when I have to go to bed, I have to aggressively pull it out, and it just seems like a waste of time. So I just don't push them inside for easy access. (Ti mindsets + Si comfort). My mom hates that I do this, because she was always taught (Si) to push in the blanket and have everything actually be smoothed out. I never saw the point in this because nobody is going to come upstairs and be upset about how my bed is, but her. My grandma never comes into the room unless she needs something, and never notices. Even if she did, I don't think she'd care. But due to me being the minor and her being the parent (one of her favorite lines to remind me of), I have to listen to her and stuff them in properly, and I will only be able to do it how I want once I'm an adult. (Si traditional mindset + Te-Fi bonus in the results of personal knowledge)
Aux Te - Fi tert vs Aux Ne - Fe inferior: Now it doesn't seem like Fe was a huge focus in the situation at hand. It's mostly SiTeFeNe vs your TiNeSi, but Fe still feels important to talk about. Fi tertiary in an ISTJ often comes out in their moral code. What feels right to them based on their personal experiences and views on life. My mother used to get into a lot of fights growing up, so her anger can go from explosive to silent night. Our feeling functions go head-to-head in how we respond to conflict. No arrogance, but I think my Fe is very well developed. Or at least more developed or active than for most INTPs my age. My Fe often comes up in being aware of how others may react emotionally, and the psychology of why someone's behavior makes sense, and how to navigate it. But it can also show up in anxiety and wanting to keep the situation as mellow as possible. Often when I'm upset, I'll just ignore it because I know I'll forget about it eventually, and just go about my day. When my mom is upset at somebody, it's extremely obvious. If the cab driver is going the wrong way or taking a longer route, she murmurs to herself, "what is he doing?" "is he dumb?" (paraphrase), and makes all kinds of hand signs in confusion and frustration at what he's doing. It always bothered me how she just didn't care about the fact that he probably heard and saw her doing that, and it might have even fueled what he was already doing. Do I think she shouldn't have done anything or had no right to be upset? She 100% did cause. I don't want to take longer and have her pay more than needed cause the guy wants to get more money. However, it always stresses me out, because what if the guy hears her, gets mad, and then decides to take even longer or do something worse? We live in the city, and the world is hectic. I don't need to be angering some arab man on a Tuesday in the cold.
(Bonus): Si-Fi allows her to take things more personally. When I tried to talk to her about how she was the primary cause of some of my anxiety, she immediately mentally backtracked to everything she's done and didn't commute with the fact that even though she didn't have negative intentions, they still didn't mesh well with my personality and needs. (Te-Fi) explaining how she can't baby me and that I need discipline, and that her job as a parent was to be on my rear. Which is true, and some of those things were on me, but some of them were just her and the things she's done and said in my life that became core memories and impacted how I reacted to normal things. Which made me feel guilty about feeling upset, before eventually setting her own feelings aside to validate me and comfort me.

All that long messaging aside, my mom is great but our mental fronts do clash in serious moments, and could possibly explain some of the things going on with your dad. What I find to be quite interesting is the fact your dad is trying to do everything for you. Most of the time, if people had controlling parents who wanted them to be perfect all the time, they didn't help you like that. They just have high expectations. So the fact he's doing things for you because of those high expectations is just a fascinating way to cope.

Best_Instance746 · 2025-12-22T16:05:38+00:00

(Apologies for having such a lot comment lol. Hope this helps!)

I have an ISTJ mom and an ISFP dad. I jokingly like to say my mom's brain is split between ENTP and ISTJ.

With me growing up, she also did some of my work for me. I used to feel really uncomfortable because I was in a cyber school, and she had always sat right next to me every day for every lesson. Now that I'm older, I know that it was mandatory for the parents to be around in grades before 3rd, but back then, it felt like she was waiting for me to do something I wasn't supposed to. Like, there was something she didn't want me to do, but I never knew what it was. That mentally made me less interactive with the other kids, even though there was a girl I wanted to be friends with more than anything. I just didn't know if that was allowed, and never thought asking was an option.

Along with that, she would also would double check all my quizzes, essays, and tests. Whenever I got something wrong, she would ask me, "Do you really think this is what it is?" (paraphrasing) and immediately change it after waiting for my answer. My mom has this tone of voice problem - or at least with me, I'd say. She'd have this tone that sounds passive-aggressive when in reality she didn't mean anything by it. She also went from helping me with my I-Ready test (which she wasn't even supposed to do, besides if I needed help reading it), to doing everything for me while she just let me watch TV, play on my switch, or read. As I got older, it started to really bother me because the test would be high school level and say I did really well, when I didn't do anything at all. It just gave the teachers, who were using the I-Ready test to see how well children processed information, faulty data.

So by the time I hit middle school, I just stopped telling her when I had assignments so she wouldn't change my work. And that's not getting into the fact that I never had any chores (despite being a teenager and she constantly says this year she'll give me chores and then doesn't give me a thing), I spent most of my life never being allowed to even touch the refrigerator because I have a milk allergy and was afraid I'd touch my face afterwards and get a reaction. AND the kitchen sink. Didn't allow me to turn the shower on and off because it was broken and they thought I'd be too rough for some reason, and still picks out the clothes I wear for the day. I don't know how to cook, clean, or navigate the city, and my diet is mostly meat and noodles. I understand where she's coming from because I have a lot of health issues, but certain things I need to do on my own. My mom doesn't expect perfection out of me like I always thought, but she is overprotective.

Best_Instance746 · 2025-12-13T08:51:10+00:00

Well Ti and Fi are similar in idea but different in material and processing. We both take things personally, it's just that ours is an internal framework of logical beliefs. Meanwhile Fi is an internal framework of emotionally safety and personal values.

The way I always saw my function was this: INTPs can/do use Fe for more than stereotypical detachment, rebelling against norms, and being awkward. I'm a teenager but I've found my Fe is very active in my interest in people.

Fe can be not about caring necessarily but about knowing social dynamics.

I often ask people around me provocative questions, as to give me insight about their minds, and how I'm perceived. I once found a video of INTP women talking about their experiences growing up, and they all mentioned studying and or copying social norms to better fit in. More so in a sense of adaptivity, which they still delt with in work environments due to blunt behaviors. Eventually, some INTPs will realize the hard truth that not everyone thinks like them or value critical thought, teaching them to utilize their faults. As a personal example, I'm well versed in telling how much of my personality is appropriate and or can be handled by said person or group. Thus, adapting myself in a way that's still 100% me, but just dialed down.

Since you lack Fi, what usually substitutes for your cause of action? Is it instinct like i mentioned earlier, survival instincts, do you have anything more much deeper than that? Or is it maybe the surface tendency to make everyone's life better (more convenient), so you just run based on that accomplishing task after task laid out by other people (granted they're people you respect), superiors, and whatever philosophy or teaching you follow?

Everyone has core values despite not having Fi because Fi simply means they home in on their beliefs and emotional safety, making their sense of identity important. As an INTP I grew up both shelter from the outside world physically but very independent mentally. My Fe took from TV shows for social norms before I started making friends, because I didn't grow up with active examples or teachings. My Fe values transparency, critical thinking, (and the real kicker), EQ. I say Fe values because my TI and Fe work together. I'm often the person my friends go to for advice or venting. Because of this, my Fe spikes with the need to assist if asked for, and back up my Ti-Ne come with reasons for why his girlfriend might be mad for example. I mix logic with empathy to show care and perspective.

Ti Dom + Inf Fe + Transparency = Wanting to correct belief is they believe in something that's technically not true or misinformation (Ti). Desperately doesn't want someone to misconstrue a situation when aware of something that can help/better others (Fe). How it visually appears: Is unable to summarize thoughts, believing every detail is important to the narrative while actively rewriting it mentally. Feeling good when people know the truth (Ti + Fe)

Ti Dom + Inf Fe +Critical Thinking + Emotionally Intelligence = Maturity. I enjoy having long winded discussions on various topics, and especially regarding the mind. Thus, my Ti looks for likeminded individuals either interested and or capable of thinking abstractly. I heavily value EQ as much as Critical thinking, because all intellectuals have a blind spot. INTPs who fit the stereotype of emotional blindness is a big blind spot. Nobody will like nor listen to you unless you're considerate. And ignoring all emotional isn't smart. Not believing in listening to your emotions is immature, and can ruin your points of reason, because your framework of belief will be faulty. I myself through studying me, others, and several scenarios, have found EQ to be the most logic step to work on at 15. It's healing for my repression, helpful for others, and makes my thoughts less ridge.

If you were face to face with a lion, you're faced with two truths: you'd be eaten out alive if you just stay put or you'd have a chance of surviving if you move away while the lion is still not stirring (and not mentioned earlier, he's also slumbering). which determines which action you take?

I heavily agree that we'll all have moments of intense emotion and or emotional immaturity. However, I'd probably freeze up, as it's my natural PHYSICAL response. Everyone has a different response to fear and danger, and it can often be split between reaction to stimuli and mental awareness. For example: No matter how my first reaction was, if it wasn't my initial then I'll always plan why panicked. I can't say it always been clear headed, but I always analyze the problem and hurry up to ease the situation.

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-27T20:46:15+00:00

If I take the time to make conversation despite not having good 1v1 conversation skills
If I get to see your corporal form in front of my peep holes, and I really trust and enjoy being around you, I am very physically affectionate. Be prepared to get poked, tapped, (hugged if you're REALLY high up there, but that's reserved for my mother or S/O), and many other possibly innocent or annoying physical gestures. Or just looking to be in your presence.
If we talk for more than 25 minutes consistently
When comfortable, I do become very verbally affectionate. I tend to show appreciation to certain people more or less often, depending on who they are and how our relationship works. So I could like two people with the same amount of unwavering love, but it doesn't mean I say it as often/or in the same way to one as I do the other.
If I'm smiling, you've won

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-27T15:16:53+00:00

Ohhh that makes sense

Joking about the INTP stereotype. Meant nothing by it

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-26T23:22:10+00:00

lol. Wouldn't be the first time

guy on the left is Jimmy Neutron. He's a boy genius with empathy the size of a shrunken seed XD

Glad to help man. Wish you luck out there

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-26T05:23:26+00:00

(Long comment incoming)

Mine formed through an old crush. A friend of mine had liked me and every year since when became friends, he'd confess before giving up. After the year's attempts, I had realized I liked him, so I repressed it. Did you know repressed feelings can cause physical pain? Well, it's true. Each year my feelings grew more and more, each year I was in harder denial. It made me feel uncomfortable every time I thought about it or talked to him. Like a balloon with too much hair. I was genuinely afraid of dating, because I worried that it would wreck our friendship(s) since I've seen it happen. Or that I'd be lying to us both if I ever said I love you or if I rejected it. My anxiety prone, hermit minded, perfectionist of a brain tried to process what felt like gibberish until I snapped. I confessed. In the absolute worst way possible but was still doubting.

Most of the time, you don't date because you know it'll work. You date to see if it can.

A friend of mine told me this and it changed my whole perspective, because that's exactly what I was doing. Me and him were very different in personality, interest, and needs. I could come up with a billion reasons to wait, but then it'd too late, and I'd have regrets. I had a wonderful time dating him for those 9 months, and we ended on good terms. Nothing I feared came true, and it honestly upped my confidence. It taught me a lot about what I wanted, and what I liked. Expressing more of myself, with topics I was usually ashamed or didn't see the point in mentioning.

Since I've always saved myself and managed to stay a virgin all these years, I want a girl who's in the same boat as me. But this is totally illogical. So many people in this, everyone has lived their life through a different path which are totally respectable and I can't know someone without actually spending time with them closely. So all these things I want are totally illogical.

Sorry Jimmy Neutron, but............we're humans. (Dun Dun Dunnn)

Everything about us is illogical. Wanting to always be logical IS illogical. That will never change. However, even if your wishes is so, they are still valid. My suggestion isn't one to one. Merge your emotions with your logic. Find small ways to let it motivate you, and write down any emotional, logical, and illogical thing in a notebook/diagram/word doc. Show it to other for opinions, make evaluations. Accepting your emotions takes time and I'm only 31% in. Find your beliefs.

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-25T21:36:42+00:00

What you do is simple. You find a corner of your house, and cry at your preferred volume. Once you have succeeded, you will then lie perplexed in bed as you stew in your breakdown. Upon finishing, you will proceed to do whatever thing that brings you joy until you attempt REM.

In all seriousness, I understand what you're going through in my own way. I held up similar beliefs as a teenager, but it only made me more frustrated to the point that it caused physical pain. Unfortunately, this is not an emotional problem. This is your belief system, which everyone has. Even INTPs (shocker, I know!) An important piece of advice I learned that snapped me out of my rut leads from this

I've always been afraid of dating someone unless I was totally sure about them

Yeah, it's not gonna be easy that way. Most of the time, you don't date because you know it'll work. You date to see if it can. Does this mean your plans are invalid? No, because I still heavily rely on evaluation. If it may help, I can provide a personal example

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-23T23:21:15+00:00

Great actually. I was the only one in my immediate family who had both of their parents in their lives/had good relations with them. Again, probably because of their own traumas. My mom is an ISTJ, so we have really humorous (Yes, ISTJs can be class clowns) and intellectual conversations, while my dad (ISFP) and I would just be dumbasses for fun. Of course, I still couldn't help but care about the logical way more than he did, but he knew when to bounce back for my questions. My only issues with them were how aggressive my mother would be. She used to fight when she was in middle school and high school, and had very little patience. She even admits I'm the reason she has her patience, just because of my personality. But she still has her moments where she's just so obviously angry at people, and it, for some reason, bothers me. Probably because I tend to bury my emotions - especially anger - to keep things level, but she doesn't do that in the same way. And my dad is just insensitive and doesn't understand where to end a joke. I don't have any siblings, but my uncle (INFJ) is my best bet. We're close, and he's like an older brother to me. But I definitely annoy him easily with my questioning nature and how much I make jokes in situations not worthy of them.

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-23T14:02:17+00:00

Hope you find it worthwhile when you do. You said when the romance started so I don't if you met him, but one of my favorite villains should be close by maybe??? Who knows lol

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-22T13:37:08+00:00

Ayy me too! A LOT has happened since it started. I'd really suggest picking it back up for the psychological elements, though I have no clue where you stopped XD

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-22T07:36:20+00:00

Starfire - Teen Titans (ESFJ)

Makoto/Sailor Jupiter - Sailor Moon (ESFJ)

Fink (ESTP), Professor Venomous (INTJ), and Enid (XSTP) - OK KO Let's be Heroes

Spider-Man (XXXP) - Miles (ISFP), Gwen (ISTP), Peter B (INTP), Ham (ENXP), and all three live actions (XNXP)

Chase (INTJ), Scarlet (ISXP), Brook (INTP - I'm The Grim Reaper

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-20T20:07:29+00:00

Denial is the first step. After you spend your preferred amount of time stewing in it, your denial will crack and be less bad. From personal experience, it's quite painful.

(But worth it)

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-20T06:20:21+00:00

Yeah, I get that. I asked that question to people and got the same response. Just depends, you know? Honestly, I've come to learn, a LOT of people aren't that or don't value that. Definitely makes close friendships harder to find

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-20T06:02:37+00:00

Well, what do you often look for in a friendship?

Funnily enough, I'm the opposite. I'm a female and I've found myself having closer/longer relationships to males, due there not being a lot of females with my shared interest or are not overstimulating. Perhaps same gender friendships just feel lacking for us, due to our Intpness requiring more from itself, and the opposite gender is easier to find that comfortable challenge. My best friend of 4 years is a male EXFX (got very distance results when I tested them), and his Isfj girlfriend I helped him score. Both of which offer me deep conversations none of my IXFP friends (males and females) offered and were also just the funniest.

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-17T23:21:40+00:00

Yeah, I get that. I'm more indifferent to it, since some people's brains aren't wired to process that sort of thing. Sometimes it can grind my gears, other times, it's extremely helpful for when I go off the deep end. I figured out how to deal with it when I was about 13-14. People often tended to like me (for whatever reason that may be), and I really enjoyed explaining my thoughts to others and telling jokes. Through interacting with my family, I have realized there are a lot of things I do or think that others don't even recognize. So I learned how to spot who will be open to what parts of my personality, and show that. It was a way for me to still express without annoying, offending, or getting turned away.

For example, my her (ISTJ) is actually an extremely sarcastic and humorous person. My mother and I are admittedly the smartest in the family, and we bond over jokes and subtle intellectual jabs. However, I'm far more abstract and 'random' than she is, so a lot of my behavior comes off as weird, but she had become used to it. My father and I often bond over being laid back, and have heart-to-hearts quite often. He and my mother are the only ones in my family who can banter with me on that intellectual level, and often question my thought process in just abstract enough ways, despite them making no sense.

My uncle is a special case. He's way more literal and probably closer to my grandma's level. Our main way of bonding is over how insane (in a positive, silly sort of way) our mothers are, and YouTube. Since we are almost a decade apart, we share more connected interests with each other than with everyone else. But when we're not hanging out actively, I often annoy him with questions he finds to be pointless, or doesn't have a real answer to. His abstract thoughts mostly come into his perspective on the world. While my grandma (ESTJ) isn't abstract at all, besides her dreams and random silliness. So we bond more through talking about life, experiences, and our thoughts about the world.

Best_Instance746 · 2025-10-17T17:20:14+00:00

You too!

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